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1 Thracian Dance 06:51 2 Vine Leaves 07:49 3 Tangra 05:07 4 Ulitzata 05:15 5 Kreuzberg CueCheck 07:01 6 Song for N 05:37 7 Gipsy Smile 04:30 8 Apollonia 05:29 9 Take Five 07:53 10 Hle Hle 06:26 11 Na Mama 05:03 |
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I've had the pleasure working with Vladimir Karparov on numerous occasions.
Vlado is an extremely gifted,versatile, and original musician, and a master saxophone virtuoso.
In today's "Play It Safe" situation of the "music industry", daring artists are a rarity.
Karparov is one of them. He searches and experiments fusing different folk idioms with
sophisticated modal contemporary jazz very successfully.
This is evident immediately from the opening Latino- Thracian groove, through the fantastic
Dionysus-Bacchussian duo "Tangra" with Stoyan Yankoulov,the down-home gypsy
mood of "Kreuzberg..." (notable solo gadulka by Peyo Peev), the thoughtful improvised monolog
in front of the beautiful ballad "Song for N", the "Gipsy Smile's virtuosity of both Vlado and
Martin Lubenov on accordion, the dark-humored "Take Five", and ending with a heart-warming
duo (Alexey Wagner on guitar),dedication to his mother, Vladimir Karparov makes
strong statements while entertaining. As Don Ellis used to say: "First experiment, then entertain"
The ensemble work of the album is remarkable due to the fine and tasty rhythm section,
Christian von der Goltz(p), Horst Nonnemacher (b), Dimitris Christides (dr)
Milcho Leviev  Vladimir Karparov-saxophone Christian von der Goltz- clavia nord stage Horst Nonnenmacher- double bass Dimitris Christides- drums Stoyan Yankoulov- tupan Nedyalko Nedyalkov- kaval Peyo Peev-gadulka Martin Lubenov-accordion Alexey Wagner- guitar Here you can order the CD for 15€ (including shipping costs) |
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